(Versie in het Nederlands komt eraan)
I'M TechMech in Amsterdam
The ultimate battery swapping solution for electric vehicles with portable batteries
This page is dedicated to registration for battery swap pilot tests in the Netherlands
To our dear fans, advisors, enthusiasts and community members:
This is a fully functional and secure beta version of our website. We expect to launch the main website by the end of July 2022 and to use it to operate the upcoming pilot tests in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The development of a a dedicated cell phone app is temporarily on hold until we gather essential data through pilot tests.
We thank you for your continued patience and support.
Do you live in Amsterdam or Utrecht and own an e-scooter or an e-bike with a portable battery?
We invite you to participate in one of our upcoming battery swap pilot tests:
Amsterdam beginning in September 2022
Utrecht beginning in December 2022
Why battery swapping ?
Instantly exchange your fully or partially drained battery for a fully charged one and keep going.
No distance range anxiety for your electric vehicle. Your e-bike or e-scooter is about to become as reliable as their petrol-powered counterparts, simply because we are deploying instant refuel spots everywhere: battery swap stations.
What types of electric vehicles are eligible for our battery swap pilot tests ?
E-SCOOTERS
Two wheelers with an electric motor maximum power of 4000W, capable of operating without pedal assistance at a maximum speed of 45 km/h or less.
Those get small blue / yellow license plates and helmets are required to ride on them.
E-BIKES
Two wheelers with an electric motor maximum power of 250W, incapable of operating without pedal assistance, where the pedal assistance is limited to 25 km/h.
Those are treated like ordinary bicycles & no license plates or helmets are required.
speed pedelecs
Two wheelers with an electric motor maximum power of 4000W, incapable of operating without pedal assistance, where the pedal assistance is limited to 45 km/h.
Those get small yellow license plates and helmets are required to ride on them.
Besides vehicles with non-portable batteries, what types of electric vehicles are NOT eligible for our battery swap pilot tests ?
Vehicles with more than 2 wheels
vehicles with electric motor power higher than 4000W
vehicles whose motors can drive their speeds to more than 45 km/h
If you like our idea, but you have an ineligible vehicle or you don't live in Amsterdam or Utrecht, register your interest, give us your advice and suggestions and keep in our communications pool:
Who will be invited to participate in the pilot tests ? Why can't every interested user participate ?
Not only are electric vehicle batteries geometrically different, but very often electrically incompatible as well.
We have been doing extensive technical surveys of the batteries in circulation in Amsterdam and we have constructed battery compatibility maps. Depending on the number of registrants from different brands and models, we will invite users with the most compatible electric vehicle batteries and chargers to make successful pilot tests.
We don't want to publish compatibility information publicly as it would cause conflicts with stakeholders in many brands. Our goal is be a catalyst for the ultimate migration towards battery modularization and standardization and to make as much partners and supporters as possible.
During the pilot test:
You will release the battery you own into the pool of shared batteries
In return, you will get a free 3 year subscription to our battery sharing program (3 years is the high estimate for electric vehicle battery lifetime), irrespective of the condition of your original battery
You may hold on to only one battery at a time
'Swap stations' will be manual charging by partner shops during both pilot tests in Amsterdam and Utrecht. Smart automatic chargers will be deployed later.
We will add more batteries to the pool of shred batteries. One of the main goals of the pilot tests is to determine the optimum number of batteries per subscriber needed to be in the pool for an excellent sharing and swapping experience. Obviously 1 battery per subscriber means sharing is not possible! On the other hand, too many batteries per subscriber will result in high subscription cost. This number is a factor of the city plan and the transportation habits of users.